Nader Habib makes his annual pilgrimage to the Cairo ICT Exhibition and Conference

Will regulating the microfinance market in Egypt help breach a gap between supply and demand? Sherine Nasr seeks answers

ONE concise, yet informative, report on the microfinance industry in Egypt is the recently issued country profile by the Microfinance Network of Arab Countries, "Sanabel", a regional network that works closely with 17 members in Egypt, including the Alexandria Businessmen's Association, Banque du Caire, the Egyptian Society for Small Enterprise Development, along with a handful of other businessmen's associations and foundations...

Are rain floods a seasonal disaster or a blessing in disguise, asks Nader Noureddin